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Support Growth of Small Businesses through Tax Policy
Small business IS the nation’s biggest business. Most AAO members are both highly-skilled medical professionals and the owners/operators of their own small business. We appreciate the work Congress did to pass major tax reform in 2017, but we remain concerned about how that legislation might affect small businesses, particularly medical professional business...

All Americans deserve access to high quality and affordable healthcare. As Congress considers how to stabilize and strengthen the healthcare market, the AAO supports a healthcare system that maximizes patient control of healthcare decisions, such as choosing their qualified medical professional and determining how best to fund their healthcare needs.The AAO’s top healthcare priorities are to:
Strengthen and Exp...

AAO is working hard to ease the burden of student debt.
Orthodontists must complete 10 to 11 years of post-secondary education before practicing their specialty. The average graduating orthodontic resident today owes approximately $428,150 in student loan debt. Current federal student loan policy does not really account for a profession’s ability to repay student loans, resulting in policies that compound the ...

Dear NESO Members,
I hope that everyone is having a good winter and getting
excited with spring right around the corner.
As an update, our final numbers from our 2018 Annual Meeting at Mohegan Sun indicate that we had a very successful meeting. For those of you who attended, you know that we tried a different format for the meeting, which has been well-received by attendees, speakers and vend...

Boston Skyline from Downtown Harborwalk at Night
NESO2019 Boston promises even more of the innovation in content and programming that you’ve come to expect from NESO! Join us at the Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center starting on Friday, September 27, with registration and exclusive exhibitor hours in the morning and kicking off the meeting with an opening Lunch and a mix of plenary and breakout sessions...

Orthodontists and Residents Descend on Capitol Hill
L. Jeffrey Lowenstein, DMD
As the swallows return to Capistrano, so do the orthodontists and orthodontic residents of the American Association of Orthodontists return to Capitol Hill each year overflowing with knowledge and insight for the congressional representatives of the United States. On February 26, 2019, well over 120 orthodontists and orthodon...